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JC virus genotypes in France: molecular epidemiology and potential significance for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jan 2001
Dubois V, Moret H, Lafon M E, Brodard V, Icart J, Ruffault A, Guist'hau O, Buffet-Janvresse C, Abbed K, Dussaix E, Ingrand D
Abstract excerpt
JC virus (JCV) induces progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), especially in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Although JCV genotypes have primarily been associated with geographic patterns, a distinctive neuropathogenicity was recently attributed to genotype 2. A mu...
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